williams fined for cheap shot on coles.

[EEich]

The NFL is trying to prevent broken necks and brain injuries. If the rule prevents one catastrophic injury, it's a good rule.

Originally Posted by jdlea

These hits happen all the time in the NFL and I don't think safeties should be finded for them. Since the NFL fines everyone I think Roy should be fined, only because that's the precedent. Hits like this are part of the game and they're not cheap. If a wide reciever puts himself out there, he knows the risk.

[Hogskin]

Absolutely a critical and GOOD rule. The last theng the NFL needs is WR's carted off paralyzed for life. That is what would happen if those hits were allowed - they would be so commonplace that many serious injuries would occur. When the rule first went into effect against clotheslining, I did not like it either, because it was the bread and butter of our own Chris Hanburger. It was great seeing those guys flipped in the air. Problem was, it was EXTREMELY dangerous. And another thing: you have to remember that just in the last few years, there has been a major emphasis on bodybuilding in the NFL. The players are all MUCH more powerful and MUCH heavier than they used to be. That intensifies the problem. You get a 250 pound LB spearing the head of a 170 pound WR going over the middle, look out. I don't want to see those injuries.